Tag: Pennsylvania
What declining vaccination rates mean for families in Allegheny County –...
Kar-Hai Chu, University of Pittsburgh and Maggie Slavin, University of Pittsburgh
As the risk of measles remains an ongoing...
Philadelphia’s founding years were rife with conspiracy fears about ‘godless’ Freemasons...
Derek Arnold, Villanova University
How conspiracies spread has changed immensely over the history of the United States, as technology...
Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem...
Gillian Russell, Penn State and Glenn Sterner, University of Kentucky
Nearly three times as many Pennsylvania adults gamble online...
Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy
Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced on Jan. 7, 2026, that it will cease all operations...
Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science
Amy Wrobleski, Penn State
Like many mushroom harvesters, I got interested in foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is...
Jonathan Larsen, Temple University; Amy Yeung, Penn State; Dennis Scanlon, Penn State, and Renee Cloutier, University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania...
You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming...
Ruohao Zhang, Penn State; Jiameng Zheng, Louisiana State University ; Wendong Zhang, Cornell University, and Xibo Wan, University of Connecticut
Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders...
William E. Watson, Immaculata University
When commuters on the R5 SEPTA train that connects suburban Chester County to Philadelphia...
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Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...
Lauren Cassidy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear...
